. >> before the break, i want to talk about job creation and taxes. no matter who you talked to, these seem to be on the mind all across the country. what is the plan here? how folks are going to get back to work. >> short-term, invest in infrastructure. that's why i fought so hard for rail. light rail and other key passenger rail and freight rail projects. second, we got to win the brainpower race. my main belief is win the talent race, win the economic race. prek, k-12. and level the playing field for small businesses. so many small businesses, pay federal corporate income tax. we have to level the playing field. if you do those things, you grow the economy and figure out the right way to get our budget in balance. there's a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. we have different approaches. >> in the last 30 seconds and i will carry this over but the tax issue. that is the big elephant in the room. there's that ad out the $17,000. >> which everybody has debunked. let the bush tax cuts expire for people who make more than $500,000. if you let